Notes on AI, tools, and tech.
Google just quietly changed how watermarks work in Gemini. And honestly? It’s a smarter move than it sounds. The headline is simple: you can now turn off the visible “sparkle” watermark on images, videos, and music that Gemini makes. Go to Settings → Media Watermark, flip it off, and your files come out clean. No … Read more
So Anthropic started watermarking every Claude output. And honestly? I had the same thought everyone else did. When I first heard about it, I assumed they were doing the usual trick. Zero-width characters, invisible Unicode, weird spaces that look normal but aren’t. That’s what every other “watermark” has been. That’s what I would have done … Read more
I’ve been watching the reactions to Anthropic’s watermark announcement for the past few days, and honestly? Most of the hot takes are missing the point. The short version is this: Starting August 2, 2026, all new Claude models will embed machine-detectable watermarks in generated text. Images and SVGs get C2PA metadata signatures too. It applies … Read more
I gave Codex full access to my machine for one afternoon. It deleted about 300GB of files from my C and D drives. This happened to a user on X last week. They wanted to use up their Codex credits before a reset, so they asked the agent to remotely verify their project scripts and … Read more
I am not here to debate whether AI-generated content should be labeled. That ship has sailed. The more interesting question, to me, is what happens when those labels get stitched into the fabric of code itself. Anthropic just announced that starting August 2, 2026, all new Claude models will include built-in AI-generated content marking. Two … Read more